centigrade

From centi- (“hundred”) +‎ grade (“degree”).

centigrade (not comparable)

1. (of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.

   Synonym: centesimal

   Coordinate term: milligrade (1000)

2. Celsius. [since 1948]

centigrade (usually uncountable, plural centigrades)

2. (uncountable) A centigrade scale for temperature having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure.

   Synonym: Celsius scale

   all temperatures are expressed in centigrade unless otherwise noted

   a temperature of 34 centigrade

   • 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns‎^[1]:

     Earth is one degree Centigrade hotter today than in pre-industrial times.

4. (countable, archaic) A single degree on this scale.

   Synonyms: degree Celsius, degree centigrade, °C, ℃

   a temperature of 34 centigrades

6. (countable) The scale for angle measurement on which a gradian (a grad or gon) is the hundredth part of a quadrant.

Although the temperature scale is formally known as the Celsius scale since 1948, centigrade remains a commonly used term.

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centigrade (plural centigrades)

1. centigrade (all meanings)

• → Persian: سانتیگراد (sântigrâd)

• “centigrade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

centigrade

1. feminine plural of centigrado